tackled

3 definitions • 4 examples

past simple and past participle of

to try to deal with something or someone:

There are many ways of tackling this problem.

tackle someone about something I tackled him about his careless work.

(especially in football or hockey) to try to take the ball from a player in the other team, or (in rugby or American football) to do this by taking hold of the player and making them fall:

Barnes tackled Johnson just as she was about to shoot.

The full-back was tackled by two players but held onto the ball.